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Formulas can include a mix of calculations, so you can put several in, and have very long calculations. The only thing you need to know is how calculations are done when you have a mixture of operations in a cell. In this case, all divisions will be done before any additions, no matter where they appear in the calculation. That is a law of mathematics, an spreadsheets will follow that. For example, if you take this formula:

=5+6/2

In this case, the 6 will be divided by the 2, before the 5 is added to it. If you want the 5 added to the 6 first, then you have to put brackets around that part of it like this:

=(5+6)/2

The laws of mathematics dictate that anything inside brackets is done first, which is why that happens.

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